diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9742b42..8ecb112 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<groupId>com.phonepe</groupId>
-	<artifactId>mustang</artifactId><version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<artifactId>mustang</artifactId>
+	<version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Mustang</name>
 	<url>https://github.com/PhonePe/mustang</url>
 	<description>Search Engine for Rules</description>
@@ -68,11 +69,11 @@
 	<distributionManagement>
 		<snapshotRepository>
 			<id>ossrh</id>
-			<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
 		</snapshotRepository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>ossrh</id>
-			<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
 		</repository>
 	</distributionManagement>
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@
 		<maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
 		<maven.artifact.version>3.8.5</maven.artifact.version>
 		<maven.source.plugin.version>3.2.0</maven.source.plugin.version>
-		<maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
+		<maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.3.0</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
 		<maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
 		<jacoco.maven.plugin.version>0.8.7</jacoco.maven.plugin.version>
 
@@ -200,7 +201,6 @@
 					<debug>false</debug>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>${maven.javadoc.plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+                    <source>17</source>
+                    <skip>false</skip>
+                </configuration>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -233,14 +237,24 @@
 				<version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6.7</version>
+				<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+				<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>0.5.0</version>
 				<extensions>true</extensions>
 				<configuration>
-					<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-					<nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-					<autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+					<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+					<autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5.3</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+					<useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+					<releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+					<goals>deploy</goals>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
@@ -268,12 +282,6 @@
 								<goals>
 									<goal>sign</goal>
 								</goals>
-								<configuration>
-									<useAgent>true</useAgent>
-									<executable>gpg2</executable>
-									<!-- Run something like 'gpg2 -ab out' to cache the creds on agent 
-										before running if needed -->
-								</configuration>
 							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be61123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#release configuration
+#Tue Aug 20 22:18:48 IST 2024
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+exec.additionalArguments=-P default
+remoteTagging=true
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+pushChanges=true
+completedPhase=check-poms
+scm.url=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/PhonePe/mustang.git
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean verify